Intro to Sociology Review

4. A particular point of view.
6. The scientific study of social structure.
7. Focuses on the competition within a society.
8. Norms that are formally defined and enforced by officials.
9. A group that is part of a dominant culture but differs from it in some aspects.
12. Values are not ____, meaning they change.
14. Compliance with standards or group norms.
17. Sanctions that can be applied by most members of a group.
18. Physical objects that make up a culture.
20. The way we would like culture to be.
21. A subculture that is consciously opposed to certain beliefs of the dominant culture.
22. Functions that are intended and recognized.
25. The way culture actually is.
26. A culture's standards for deciding what is good and just in society.
27. Norms that have moral significance and should be followed by members of society.
28. Unwritten rules defining appropriate behavior in society.

1. Shared set of beliefs, values, behaviors and symbols a group of people share.
2. A group of people that share a community and culture.
3. How we reward and punish behaviors to let people know what is acceptable and what is not.
5. The patterned interaction of people in social relationships.
6. Focuses on the interaction among people in a society based on mutually understood symbols.
10. Cultural ____ are patterns or traits that are globally found in every society.
11. Ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a society.
12. Something observable chosen to represent something not observable.
13. A working set of assumptions about an area of study.
15. Sanctions imposed by people given special authority.
16. Functions that are unintended and unrecognized.
19. Perspective that assumes that society returns to a stable state after some kind of upheaval.
23. Norms that lack moral significance.
24. Individual opinions about what is good and true.